Student participation in pleasure reading was the
thrust behind the creation of Young Hoosier Book Award (YHBA) Program in
1974-75. By allowing students to vote for their favorite books, media
professionals hoped that more students could be motivated to read more newly
published books.

Any school in Indiana serving students in grades
K-8 may participate if it:

1. Makes sure at least 12 of the 20 nominated
titles in a category are available to students.

2. Provides ballots for each student who has read
or heard read at least 12 of the Primary Picture Book nominees or five of the
nominated books in the Intermediate or Middle Grades categories.

3. Tallies its students’ voting forms and reports
the results to the Indiana Library Federation office by May 1st.

Who May Vote?

Voting forms (ballots) should be provided to any
student in a participating school who has read or has heard read: